Eurosport, Tennis Channel form doubles team for French Open production

Eurosport, Tennis Channel form doubles team for French Open production

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   | 21 May 2016





Pan-continent sports provider Eurosport has inked a production partnership with the Tennis Channel for this year’s French Open at Roland Garros.
tennis channel 2 21 MayEurosport is broadcasting Roland Garros in 54 countries across Europe, including every minute from every court of the French Open on the Eurosport Player. The partnership will with the Tennis Channel is designed to enrich its coverage with additional sources of content to be shown during and between live matches. Eurosport will have access to new camera angles, highlights and archive footage and the ability to integrate this content instantaneously during and in-between live match coverage.

To provide the new content, Tennis Channel is incorporating Eurosport into its Roland Garros infrastructure, which is provided by VER. This includes content, its media management system and on-site facilities. The media management system stores all content generated during the tournament including full matches, highlight packages, images from alternative camera angles and any built elements, such as graphics. All this content will available for programming immediately or at a later time.

In return, Eurosport is making available its content, footage, cameras viewpoints and stand-up positions to Tennis Channel to support its broadcast within the United States.

“Tennis Channel has been a true innovator in tennis broadcasting in the US and we are looking forward to integrating new ideas, stories and content into our coverage which will engage and excite our fans in Europe,” said Eurosport CEO Peter Hutton. “As we continue to build enhanced and more locally relevant production, our collaboration with Tennis Channel and having even greater access to compelling content is a hugely exciting opportunity for us.”

Added Bob Whyley, Tennis Channel senior vice president of production and executive producer: “Tennis Channel exists to bring as much tennis as possible to as many fans who want to watch, with high-quality production values that are standard for other sports. Eurosport, with its wide reach as one of the top providers of the sport in Europe, allows us to expand that mission and help give millions more people a better tennis experience.”